FILIA — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 8 September 2015
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £707,858
Latest expenditure: £699,582
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: The Womens Resource Centre, Lion House, 72-75 Red Lion Street, LONDON, WC1R 4NA

Website recorded by the regulator: www.filia.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Mission: To host a world-renowned annual conference, bringing together women from all around the globe. To advance the education of the public in the subject of sex-based rights and equality. To promote human rights, especially women's rights. To promote women artists, feminist and activist art, and to give voice to minority and disadvantaged women through art.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 18 September 2026
Date Accounts Received: 18 September 2026
Total Gross Income: £707,858
Total Gross Expenditure: £699,582

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 24 September 2025
Date Accounts Received: 24 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £331,943
Total Gross Expenditure: £390,242

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 8 September 2024
Date Accounts Received: 8 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £331,441
Total Gross Expenditure: £411,995

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 28 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 28 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £301,516
Total Gross Expenditure: £303,724

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 8 September 2022
Date Accounts Received: 8 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £211,665
Total Gross Expenditure: £162,774

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 18 September 2026
Total Gross Income: £707,858
Total Gross Expenditure: £699,582
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 150

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 24 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £331,943
Total Gross Expenditure: £390,242
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 175

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 8 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £331,441
Total Gross Expenditure: £411,995
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 1
Count Govt Grants: £0
Income From Government Contracts: 7175
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 100

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 28 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £301,516
Total Gross Expenditure: £303,724
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 80

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 8 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £211,665
Total Gross Expenditure: £162,774
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 80

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 18 September 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 463039
Income Other Trading Activities: 20270
Income Charitable Activities: 224349
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 200
Income Total Income And Endowments: 707858
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £18,472
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £681,110
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 699582
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 5746
Expenditure Support Costs: 27307
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £0
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £94,182
Assets Total Liabilities: £149,689
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: −£55,507
Creditors One Year Total Current: 149689
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £20,089
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: -83784
Funds Restricted: 28277
Funds Total: -55507
Count Employees: 0
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 115
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: FILIA
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2015-09-08T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 08 SEP 2015AMENDED ON 08 SEP 2016 as amended on 03 Jul 2023 as amended on 14 Mar 2024 as amended on 02 Jul 2024
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:3.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF GENDER EQUALITY BY HOSTING AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE SHOWCASING SPEAKERS AND RESEARCHERS TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF THEIR WORK AND RESEARCH.3.2 THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY, IN PARTICULAR EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN, AND TO ELIMINATE GENDER DISCRIMINATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:(A) RAISING AWARENESS OF DISCRIMINATION IN SOCIETY BY PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES, USE OF THE MEDIA, PUBLIC ADVOCACY AND BY HOSTING AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY BY THE SAME MEANS AS THOSE IN 3.2(A);(C) PROMOTING ATTITUDES, CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY BY THE USE OF PUBLICATIONS, MEDIA AND PUBLIC ADVOCACY;(D) DISSEMINATING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND SHOWCASING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC AT AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE;(E) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.3.3 TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) AND IN PARTICULAR WOMEN’S RIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSESRESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUESCOMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATIONRAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUESPROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTSPROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS.3.4 TO PROMOTE ART FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE THE ART OF WOMEN ESPECIALLY SOCIALLY EXCLUDED WOMEN, BY THE PROVISION OF AN ART EXHIBITION AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 560737
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: FEMINISM IN LONDON

Charity Name Id: 560738
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: FIL

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures